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  • A Star Just Exploded in The Sky, And It Is Easy to Observe

    03/23/2021 6:11:25 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 74 replies
    https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 23 MARCH 2021 | MICHELLE STARR
    The nova (left) and the same patch of sky four days earlier. (Yuji Nakamura/NAOJ) According to reports in The Astronomer's Telegram, a star in the region of the constellation of Cassiopeia has just gone nova, and the glow is still visible in the night sky. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and have even a basic telescope, you might want to head out and point it in that direction. The first detection was made on 18 March 2021 by amateur astronomer Yuji Nakamura from the Mie Prefecture in Japan. In four frames captured using a 135-millimeter lens and a...